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I interviewed Tripp Keber, CEO of Dixie Brands (formerly Dixie Elixirs), to get an idea of what it’s like to run one of America’s leading cannabis companies. Dixie began in Denver, CO in 2009 with a single THC-infused soda…

While trimmings and other marijuana plant byproducts may seem destined for the garbage, it turns out that there may be liquid gold in cultivators’ trimmings. These parts of the plant are removed to aid growth of the plants’ flowers, yet they themselves contain appreciable quantities of the valuable compounds, THC and CBD.

Lisa Rough reports via Leafly that the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled unanimously to expand the definition of medical marijuana to include cannabis oils, tinctures, edibles, and other forms of the plant. Only the dried plant material was previously considered legal in Canada; however, a case brought against a baker in British Columbia spawned changes to the classification of marijuana derivatives.